Three architecture teams in running to design renovation of D.C.'s MLK Library

The D.C. Public Library has announced a shortlist of three architecture firms to design a renovation and possible addition to the downtown Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. The firms are the Vancouver-based Patkau Architects with Ayers Saint Gross and Krueck +Sexton; the Dutch firm Mecanoo with the D.C.-based Martinez + Johnson Architecture; and the international firm STUDIOS Architecture with the Freelon Group. The shortlist was selected from 10 firms announced in October.